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Data Explorer: add tooltip with column index

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area: data explorer enhancement support
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Description

Originally posted by @stefanofioree in https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/discussions/9669:

It’d be great if you could just hover over a column and see its index kinda like in Rstudio, but with some extra useful info maybe idk. Such a small thing, but a big time-saver.
Rstudio
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Positron
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Research direction

Start in the Data Explorer column-header UI and compare the requested hover behavior with the RStudio example shown in the issue. Add a tooltip that displays each column's index, and verify that hovering over columns consistently shows the index.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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